An Historical Account Of The Sikhs And Afghans

Ali, Shahamat · 1844 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

1TO DUBIA KHAN.

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3obliged to turn themselves towards Girishk

4and Nadir Ali (the ancient fortress of the

5Barakzae family), while they themselves with

6their followers have encamped on the banks of

7the Helmund river. The infidels have thus

8got possession of Candahar ; but the servants

9of the Amir are now collecting forces from all

10quarters, and stirring up the people around

11them for their entire extermination. The men

12also of Turkistan and the Ghilzaes are pre-

13paring to fight for the faith. From the men

14of Iran and Roos (Persia and Russia) also,

15certain intelligence of their approach has come;

16and these Nazarenes (Christians) at Candahar

17are in a state of the greatest anxiety, and well

18nigh their wits’ end, seeing they are about to

19be attacked from every quarter. At the same

20time Shah Zada Kamran has applied to this

21ill-omened tribe for aid to protect Herat against

22the Russians. When the Firangis at Can-

23dahar saw affairs taking this turn, they wrote

24off to their own country for reinforcements;

25but we trust in God that the heat will now

26prevent the arrival of any new troops, and that